#5a8fa5

Color #5a8fa5

A muted medium cyan.

Closest named color Light Slate Gray #778899 · ΔE 11.11 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-600 #0092b8 · ΔE 6.2

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Conversions

HEX

#5a8fa5

RGB

rgb(90, 143, 165)

HSL

hsl(197.6, 29.4%, 50%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(197.6, 45.5%, 64.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(45.5%, 13.3%, 0%, 35.3%)

LAB

lab(56.62, -11.57, -17.11)

LCH

lch(56.62, 20.65, 235.93)

OKLCH

oklch(62.1%, 0.0654, 226.24)

HWB

hwb(197.6, 35.3%, 35.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a5705a

Analogous

#5aa595

#5a8fa5

#5a6aa5

Triadic

#5a8fa5

#a55a8f

#8fa55a

Split-complementary

#5a8fa5

#a55a6a

#a5955a

Tetradic

#5a8fa5

#705aa5

#a5705a

#8fa55a

Square

#5a8fa5

#955aa5

#a5705a

#6aa55a

Shades

Color #5a8fa5 mixed toward black.

#4b7789

#3c5f6e

#2d4752

#1e3037

#0f181b

Tints

Color #5a8fa5 mixed toward white.

#76a2b4

#91b4c3

#adc7d2

#c8dae1

#e4ecf0

Tones

Color #5a8fa5 mixed toward gray.

#608c9f

#678a98

#6d8792

#73858c

#798286

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.56:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.91:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.91:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#7575a0 · ΔE 19.7

Deuteranopia

#726d9f · ΔE 21.1

Tritanopia

#5e9c9b · ΔE 11.2

Achromatopsia

#888888 · ΔE 15.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #5a8fa5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#5a8fa5]

Related colors

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#5a8fa5 (#5a8fa5) is rgb(90, 143, 165) in RGB.

No, #5a8fa5 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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